Javaid I. Sheikh, MD, MBA
Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh is an internationally renowned medical executive and creative thought leader in global academic medicine. Since beginning his tenure as Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) in 2010, Dr. Sheikh has pioneered and implemented innovative biomedical educational and research programs enabling WCM-Q to become widely acknowledged as a leading institution preparing “Global Physicians” for the 21st century. Further, the establishment of a comprehensive research infrastructure with core laboratories (e.g. genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics) as national resource allows WCM-Q to perform and apply deep molecular phenotyping of the population in Qatar, as well as the application of personalized medicine approaches to complex diseases such as diabetes.
Dr. Sheikh co-founded Innovations in Global Health Professions Education (https://www.innohealthed.com/), a globally interconnected forum providing an international platform for profiling conceptual and technological innovations in health professions education. He also serves on the Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education forum of the National Academy of Medicine in the US and founded the Artificial Intelligence for Precision Health in WCM-Q.
Dr. Sheikh has also led the conceptualization and implementation of comprehensive programs to advance health promotion and disease prevention for the general population of Qatar by cultivating healthy behaviors in school-age children, and by designing and conducting population-based, longitudinal studies to assess the efficacy of these interventions.
Prior to joining WCM-Q, Dr. Sheikh built a distinguished career as a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Dean, and Chairman of the Board at the Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine and affiliated hospitals in California.